Hebrews 11:1
Now our trust in God is the guarantee of what we hope for, the evidence of what we can't see.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2People who lived long ago trusted God and this is what gained them God's approval.
Cross References
Psalms 42:11Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me—my God!
Romans 8:24For we were saved by hope. Yet hope that's already seen isn't hope at all. Who hopes for what they can already see?
2 Corinthians 4:18We don't concern ourselves with what can be seen, for we look forward to what can't be seen. What we see is temporary, but what we can't see is eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17That's why anyone who is in Christ is a new being—what was old is gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 11:17What I'm saying is not as the Lord would say it—all this foolish boasting.
Titus 1:1This letter comes from Paul, servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I'm sent to build up the trust of God's chosen people and to share the knowledge of the truth that leads to lives lived for God.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:1
The apostle having, in the close of the foregoing chapter, recommended the grace of faith and a life of faith as the best preservative against apostasy, he how enlarges upon the nature and fruits of this excellent grace. I. The nature of it, and the honour it reflects upon all who live in the exercise of it, ver. 1-3 . II. The great examples we have in the Old Testament of those who lived by faith, and died and suffered extraordinary things by the strength of his grace, ver. 4-38 . And, III. The advantages that we… Read the whole commentary →